Keel laying for the fifth tanker in Aker Philadelphia Shipyard‘s series of product tankers took place today in the yard’s Building Dock. The event was particularly noteworthy in that for the first time in the build program, the initial module set in the dock for this vessel (Hull 009) was a complex
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s biggest shipyard, said Tuesday it will spend 260 billion won (US$284 million) to expand its engine plant to meet growing demand.
POSCO Co Ltd, the world’s fourth-largest steel maker, said on Tuesday it would raise the price of its steel plates for shipbuilding by 9.9 per cent, reflecting higher costs and strong demand.
The ‘Coral Seas’ has a capacity of 74,477 deadweight tonnage (dwt) and can be hired for $54,000 per day for a period of 23 to 25 months. The ‘Golden Seas’ has a capacity of 74,475 dwt and can be hired for $64,000 per day for a period of 11 to 13 months. The two vessels, […]
LR-Fairplay’s Daily Newbulding News reports that Construcciones Navales del Norte (CNN) shipyard in Spain has secured a contract from Jan de Nul.
bird conservation group has welcomed calls to tighten up the law on ship-to-ship oil transfers. The RSPB is backing the move by East Lothian Labour MP Anne Moffat to change shipping laws reserved to Westminster.
A signing ceremony attended by Chairman of global marine terminal operator DP World and holding company Dubai World, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, and Senegal Prime Minister Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré formally handed responsibility for operating and developing Senegal’s busiest container terminal to DP Wor
Cala trading under the symbol of CCAA is pleased to debut its new 710 foot megayacht featuring 100 sleek large undersea windows, two large helipads, an olympic swimming pool deck, and 20,000 square feet of skylight to flood the seven-story interior with natural light. The Undersea Gigayacht will be
In the context of a still highly buoyant freight market and of world growth in the dry bulk shipping demand, Thermidor comes to reinforce the fleet owned by Setaf Saget to accompany its customers development.
BW Offshore confirmed the signing of the contract for the conversion, installation and operation of a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) at the Petrobras-operated deepwater Chinook and Cascade fields in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The contract is for a total of up to eight years
Trans Ocean Distribution joins JF HILLEBRAND Group to create the world’s leading company in liquids logistics. JF Hillebrand Group, the world’s leading provider of logistic services to the beverage industry has acquired 100 % of the shares of Trans Ocean Distribution Limited, the leading and most in
Sole qualified bidder for building three dredgers, IHC Holland, refuses to extend the validity of its Rs1,087 crore bid. The efforts of state-run Dredging Corp. of India Ltd (DCI) to acquire three new dredgers has run into rough weather with the sole qualified bidder refusing to extend the validity
Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors has won the Best Technical Traineeship prize for 2007. The prize was created by Smart Events BV, the events organiser responsible for the Sp!ts Career Event. Its purpose is to give students in higher education and recent graduates a good impression of the var
70 entries and counting. The Rolex Middle Sea Race is on the cusp of another record fleet for the sixth consecutive event. Last year, 68 competitors set off on the 607 nautical mile race from Malta around Sicily, Pantelleria and Lampedusa, and back to Malta. This year the race starts on 20th October
